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Trump’s trillion-dollar cuts to health and EDI show that, if racial equity is to survive, it must be constitutional ...

The government will not meet its pledge to halve violence against women and girls unless it tackles tech companies ...

We’re the first project to give women in prison recurring cash support. Our long-term goal is prison abolition ...

The Libyan Coast Guard attacked a rescue ship in international waters, but EU shows no sign of ending partnership ...

Black Americans are disproportionately incarcerated and exploited with prison labour. It’s time to finish abolition ...

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Godwin's law, the adage that "as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one", reflects the fact that one of the surest ways to ...

Why is Britain the country of commonsense, rather than high theory? A brief history of the ideology of anti-intellectualism and conservatism in the UK. In a recent article published on openDemocracy ...

Durante casi 200 años, la alta sociedad londinense – incluyendo reinas, príncipes y princesas – han ido a Harrods a comprar ropa, carteras y joyas de diseño, artículos para el hogar y alimentos ...

We transferred wealth from the slave trade to survivors of racist policing. It’s a template for reparative justice ...